Sole-pressing apparatus for use in the manufacture and bepair of boots and shoes



M rch 1927. 1,622,418

a T. E. CANN SOLE PRESSING APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE AND REPAIR OF BOOTS AND SHOES Filed April 28, 1926 :5 Sheets-Sheet 1 l PI fiven/za %WZM QM March 1927. 1,622,418

29, O I I T. E. CANN SOLE PRESSING APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE AND REPAIR OF BOOTS AND SHOES Filed April 28, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 P zMAg/gw Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

' 1,622,418 PATENT 'OFFICE.

UNITED STATES THOMAS EDWIN CANN, OF LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

BOLE-RRESBING APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE AND REPAIR OF BOOTS' AND SHOES.

Application filed April 28, 1926, Serial No. 105,171, and in Great Britain Kay 14, 1825.

This invention relates to apparatus employed in the manufacture and repair of boots and shoes for pressing or laying stuckon soles and concerns apparatus of the kind 5 comprising a screw or other pressure-applying device, a semi-solid sole support and a jack member adapted for insertion into the boot or shoe and to be acted upon by the pressure-applying device to press the sole in upon the support and cause it to adhere to the work.

The object of the present invention is to improve apparatus of this kind for the purpose of extending its usefulness, reducing-its cost and enabling a larger quantity of work to be dealt with, p l

According to the invention the metal or other bed or base which carries the resilient sole support is provided with a removable heel iece or extension whereby the base may be used with a suitable support for laying a whole sole as, for example, in the manufacture of boots and shoes, or it may be used with a shorter support for laying a hall sole as in the repair of boots and shoes,

When a told-length sole is to be stuck on, the heel piece is used on the base with a pad or support of suitable length to accommoao date said solo. "in th s manner the pressurecan be applied throughout the length of the sole "When in repairing a boot or shoe it is only necessary to apply a halt sole the heel piece is removed from the base thereby providing room for the heel of the boot or shoe while the half sole is under pressure on the shorter pad. To enable the invention to be clearly and readily understood I will now describe by way of example, and with reference to the accompanying drawings, a convenient embodiment of the same as applied to an apparatus for carrying a pair of boots or shoes.

Figure l is.a side sectional elevation or a convenient embodiment of said apparatus in the complete form igure 2 is a fragmentary detail illustrating one form of connection between the ,1, removable heel piece and the base of the aplll ratus with Figure piezoeper ca,

the heel piece removed,

is a side elevation of the heel Figure 5 is a plan of the apparatus with the heel piece removed, and

Figure 6 is a plan of the heel piece per se,

Figure 2 is drawn to a larger scale than the remaining figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings the apparatus comprises a base in the form of a pan of sole beds 1, 1, suitably connected together, such, for example, as by means of intermediate webs or ribs 2 and a rear web 3. Associated with this base is a removable heel piece comprising heel beds a, 4, corresponding with the sole beds 1, 1, and connected for example, by means of webs or ribs 5. The removable heel piece may be constructed to fit upon the base in any suitable and convenient manner, and, it desir, means may be provided to fasten or hold it in osition. In the construction shown in the rawings the base is formed at the rear with an exten sion plate 6 of a shape corresponding to that or the heel piece, and upon which said piece is supported by means of lugs fl", 7, and 8, 8, or the like, formed thereon. Each of the lugs 'Y, 'Z, is termed with a projection 9 which engages with a corresponding recess it) or with a slot or other opening'in the extension 6 as represented in Fight-e 2, in order to pre vent displacement oi the heel piece. Alter natively the base may be suitably recessed r for the reception of the heel piece. The sole beds 1 are-provided at the front with lugs 11, 11, which together with the plate or entensions 6, 6, serve as supports for the apparatus. As shown in Figure 1 the heel beds form extensions of the sole beds when in position. Instead of being mounted on the base in the manner just described, the heel piece may fit upon or into the base by slidmg or in any other manner which permits of ready removal and replacement. Or it may be attached by one or more screws, pins, or equivalent devices.

he upper surfaces of the sole beds and heel beds may be and preferably are shaped and moulded to approximate the configuration and form of the sole, i. e, conform to the shoe bottom, and said beds are provided with separate resilient pads or supports lit, 12, and l3, 13, respectively each of which instead of being hat is preferably; moulds to suit the form of the correspondin bed on its underside and to suit the form or that or the sole or shoe bottom which it re" ceiree on the upper side When the heel will piece is in position on the base the rear and front edges of the sole and heel beds and consequently those of the corresponding pads or supports abut, and thus a continuous bed or support is provided for each sole as illustrated in Figure 1, wherein 14 represents a sole as being appplied to a shoe 15 which during the sole laying operation is carried by a jack 16 or equivalent. Thus the soles during the aforesaid operation are pressed into supports the concavity of which approximates the roundness and general form of the shoe bottom and as the pads are carried on beds of similar form to themselves the pressure is equally distributed throughout the soles. The pads are preferably made of sponge rubber although other material or pads of other form may be used. Conveniently the pads rest in the corresponding sole and heel beds and to this end the latter are formed with upstanding flanges or edges 1 and 4 respectively. Each of the beds and pads may be of a superficial area to accommodate soles of a number of different sizes. If desired instead of providing separate sole and heel pads as aforesaid, long pads may be provided for full length soles and shorter pad for half soles.

For la ing half soles as in the repair of boots an shoes the heel piece is removed as represented in Figures 3 to 6, so as to provide accommodation for the heels of the shoes which extend behind the flange 3 as represented in Figures 3 and 5 wherein 17 represents a shoe carried by the jack 16, 18 the heel of the shoe, and 19 the half sole being applied to the shoe.

The pressure applying means for the apparatus may be of any suitable form, a convenient construction being one comprising three uprights, consisting of rods 20 the outer ones of which are attached to corresponding lugs 21 on the sides of the beds 1, 1, and the inner one to one of the webs 2 by means of nuts 22, a cross piece 23 attached to the top of theuprights by nuts 24, and rotatable screws 25 which 'work through the cross piece over the corresponding solesupports and are adapted to press upon the Lacks 16 through the medium of which the oot or shoe carried thereby is pressed upon the bed provided to receive it. The lugs 21 and the aforesaid web have slots 26 formed therein so that the rods 20 may be moved to difl'erent positions longitudinally of the base to enable the screws 25 to be favourably positioned in accordance with the length of the soles being applied. The screws are fitted with handles 27 or the like for rotating same.

The jack member 011 which the boot or shoe is carried preferably comprises a part shaped to suit the inside of the boot or shoe, that is to say it resembles a last, and an integral upper part which is engaged by the screw 25 as shown in Figures 1, 3 and 5 and one jack member may be employed for different sizes of boots andshoes within certain limits. The upper part of the jack member may be formed with a socket 28 for the reception of a corresponding spigot on a jack stand (not shown) on which the jack mem-,

her is mounted in an inverted position so as to facilitate its insertion into the boot or shoe.

It will, of course, be understood that the improved press may be constructed for dealing with boots or shoes singly (i. e. it may have a single sole bed, heel ed, and pressure applying screw) or with more than one pair of shoes, instead of with a pair as hereinbefore described.

What I claim then is:

1. A sole layin press comprising a bed for the support 0% t e tread part of a sole, and a separate and detachable bed for the support of the heel extension of the sole.

2. A sole laying press comprising a base having a bed for supporting the tread part of a sole comforming in shape to the sole of a shoe, a pad thereon, a removable bed for supporting the heel extension of the sole, and a pad thereon, the said heel bed and pad when in position on the base forming a continuation of the sole bed and pad.

3. A sole laying press comprising a bed for supporting the tread of a sole, shaped to approximate the curvature and general form of a shoe bottom, a resilient pad of semisolid character carried on said sole bed, a. heel bed for supporting the heel extension of the sole fitting removably upon an extension at the rear of the sole bed, a resilient pad on said heel bed, means to hold said heel bed in position so as to form a continuation of the sole bed, a jack for insertion into the shoe, and a screw press for acting through the medium-of the jack to press the sole upon the pads.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

THOMAS EDWIN (JANN. 

